Akihito, emperor of Japan for the past 30 years and the head of the world’s oldest continuous dynasty, will abdicate on April 30, at the age of 85. He’s the first emperor in two centuries to give up the throne.…
Chiwetel Ejiofor’s film comes to Netflix next month (Quartz)
As a southern African country Malawi’s neighbours South Africa and Zimbabwe usually get all the coverage when it comes to global popular culture: both for good and bad. It’s probably why Malawians have been hotly anticipating the new Netflix feature…
What would a ‘Coming to America’ sequel look like in the age of the internet? (Quartz)
Prince Akeem is set to return to Queens, New York. More than three decades after Eddie Murphy film played the African prince in Coming to America, a remake is reportedly going ahead. In 1988, when the film opened with an…
Chimamanda Adichie is leading the rise of an African literature wave in China (Quartz)
Dear Ijeawele is a forthright and frank book, a 15-step letter about how to raise a feminist child. But when it’s published in China around April this year, it will garner its author, the celebrated Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,…
Coachella is the festival where underground artists go mainstream, except for African acts (Quartz)
By virtue of social media hype and YouTube streaming, Coachella has become something of a global festival. Yet, even as Afrobeats emerges as Africa’s international music genre, it seems Coachella isn’t listening. With the 2019 lineup announcement on Thursday, African…
Kevin Spacey’s ‘Billionaire Boys Club’ makes $126 on opening day (Quartz)
If you’re reading this, you probably didn’t go see Kevin Spacey’s new movie, Billionaire Boys Club, at the theater this weekend. How do we know this? Well, according to the Hollywood Reporter, the film made $126 when it opened across…